John Tucker Must Die Critic Reviews

Something to see and occasionally even to laugh at.Read the full review

The movie starts out cleverly enough but grows insipid as the girls' antics become more predictable.Read the full review

Predictable developments are more or less redeemed by spirited execution and the pleasures of an able, good-looking cast.Read the full review

Revenge movies often end with the message that vengeance is empty and futile, but it's never encouraging when revenge seems pointless from the start.Read the full review

The movie is as inconsequentially pleasant as its star, and far nicer than the title lets on, too.Read the full review

Penn Badgley is wildly charismatic in the role of John Tucker's younger brother. The entire picture could hang on his cheekbones alone. If only Mr. Metcalfe shared his talents.Read the full review

But despite doing its best to jiggle, giggle and ogle its way into a niche somewhere between "Heathers" and "American Pie," it becomes just another forgettable pastiche of sight gags and pop-culture references.Read the full review

Lame and unconvincing teen comedy.Read the full review

John Tucker Must Die is toothless. The jokes are obvious and unfunny, the storyline goes nowhere that's interesting or unexpected, and the only chemistry happens in a science lab.Read the full review